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Chesapeake Energy (CHK) Pops Higher Following $2.32B Utica Shale Sale

January 3, 2012 6:45 AM EST
Chesapeake Energy Corp. (NYSE: CHK) shares are higher following the announcement that a Total (NYSE: TOT) unit will acquire an undivided 25 percent interest in approximately 619,000 net acres in the liquids-rich area of the Utica Shale for about $2.32 billion.

The stock is up about 3.6 percent Tuesday morning.


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